Viz Media is the name of an entertainment company who specialize in releasing English adaptions/dubbings or popular Japanese manga and anime. Naruto and Bleach -two of the most popular anime/manga series -were released in America thanks to Viz. They also occasionally dabble with video game related products, including releasing DVDs for all three of the FatalFuryanimes and releasing soundtracks for some of Capcom's games, including Resident Evil 2.

However back in the early years of the company, Viz released chapters 1-16 of the Fist of the North Star manga in an 8 issue series that was released in 1989. 6 years later, these 8 issues were collected into a single volume simply entitled Fist of the North Star. At this point, Viz started releasing monthly issues of the manga again, covering chapters 17-44. These issues were later collected into three separate collected editions which were released between 1997 and 1998.

List of Viz's Fist of the North Star collected editions:

Fist of the North Star
Released: 1995
RRP: $19.95

Contains chapters 1-16 of the manga. Basically goes from Kenshiro appearing for the first time to the end of the Kenshiro vs. Colonel fight.

Fist of the North Star: Night of the Jackal
Released: 1997
RRP: $16.95

Contains chapters 17-27. It starts with Kenshiro saving Taki and ends with Rei telling Kenshiro he must live on as he must kill the man with seven scars.

Fist of the North Star: Southern Cross
Released: 1997
RRP: $15.95

Contains chapters 28-35. Starts with the Fang clan revealing they have captured Ko to Rei realising that Kenshiro has gone into "that stance" when they are being forced to fight each other.

Fist of the North Star: Blood Brothers
Released: 1998
RRP: $15.95

Contains chapters 36-44. It starts with the conclusion to the Kenshiro Vs. Rei fight and ends with Ken defeating Jagi. The last page states "THE END, FOR NOW...", however this was the last volume ever released by Viz.